"Sky by Broadband will initially offer 200 films for download including recent hits such as Spiderman 2 and The Day After Tomorrow, as well as more than 1,000 video clips of sports news and highlights, including Premier League and Champions League football. A film would typically take an hour to download with a standard connection and then be available to view for 30 days. Sky said that rights holders were becoming more amenable to flexible deals allowing it to deliver films and television in different ways," reports Owen Gibson on Guardian Unlimited.
"Initially, subscribers would have to watch downloaded content on a computer but the next generation of high-definition Sky set-top boxes would include a broadband connection and the service would be compatible with Microsoft's Media Center home entertainment system."
